by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 12, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
The Home Depot hacking, which could well end up to be the largest commercial data breach in history continues to evolve. The latest developments involve those people who unwisely used their debit cards for making purchases at Home Depot stores. Although Home Depot...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 3, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
According to the old saying, “fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.” Reports have surfaced of yet another major data breach similar to the kind we first saw with Target and repeated regularly since then. As usual, it is not the company...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 14, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
In my Scam of the day for July 12th I told you about the arrest in Guam of Roman Seleznev, a Russian accused of hacking into the point of sale systems of the Broadway Grill in Washington DC and retail establishments throughout the country between 2009 and 2011. Now,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jul 23, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Most people are familiar with Goodwill Industries, a network of agencies that sell donated clothing and household items at their stores around the country and use the proceeds of the sales to pay for job training and other community service programs. The parent...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 16, 2014 | Scam of the day, Site Related
A recent Princeton Survey Research Associates International poll done for USA Today indicates that in the wake of major security breaches at companies such as Target and eBay, 27% of Americans are no longer making online purchases because of concerns of data...
